Eleven bank accounts in the national system have been frozen on suspicion of being used to finance terrorism in Mozambique, the Attorney General said yesterday.

According to Américo Letela, the "feat" was made possible by the law establishing the legal framework for preventing, suppressing and combating terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the national strategy for preventing, combating and financing terrorism.

On the other hand, he said that with regard to terrorism cases, 26 cases were registered last year, compared to 74 the previous year, and combining the data from previous years, this brings the total to 132 cases. Of these, 74 were concluded, 15 were indicted, 59 were closed and 58 were carried over to the next period. There were 34 cases with defendants in pre-trial detention, and 24 whose defendants were released.

He explained that the high number of cases closed "was due to the fact that they were against unknown defendants", as well as difficulties in accessing the sites of terrorist acts.

Letela was speaking during the presentation of the PGR's report on the state of legality for 2024.